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son. His brother had an equal area of land on the same terms, and he 

 planned to follow the same line of work. 



PL' XVII, fig. 1, is a view of Mr. Morgan's house. The fenc( 

 portion of the front yard was well stocked with flowers, which were 

 tenderly cared for by Mrs. Morgan, but the} r do not show up well ii 

 the illustration. PI. XVII, fig. 2, is a view on Mr. Morgan's farm, 

 looking east. The city of Dawson is in the background to the right on 

 the other side of the river. There were numerous vegetable gardens 

 in various places about Dawson, but more particularly on the west 

 side of the river, and all of these did a thrifty business. 



PI. XVIII shows a display of native grown vegetables in the 

 butcher shop belonging to Mr. J. G. Boyd. The list comprises the 

 following: Cabbage, rhubarb, kale, native cranberries, cucumbers, 

 lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, cauliflower, carrots, and new potatoes, 

 all grown at Dawson, and for sale there in the latter half of August. 

 This illustration simply adds one more item to the already voluminous 

 testimony which we have in regard to the possibilities of the interior 

 of Alaska. 



I met the owner of a hay farm which I was told had proved quite 

 profitable. The owner was Mr. Samuel Henry, and his farm is located 

 in the valley of the Stewart River, 25 miles from its mouth. He has 

 80 acres under cultivation, and he devotes nearly the whole area to hay, 

 which, at the price named above, it can readily be seen is a profitable 

 business. 



{ 

 WHAT OTHERS SEE IN THE YUKON VALLEY. 



I submit herewith an article on the agricultural possibilities of the 

 Yukon Valley by Mr. Erastus Brainerd. It is of interest because it 

 expresses the views of a private citizen who has spent years in the 

 country, who by both education and training has been accustomed to 

 look for facts, and who records the facts as he sees them without bias. 

 or prejudice on one side or the other. In the course of looking after 

 his interests in the interior, Mr. Brainerd has had occasion to make 

 extensive trips through the country in many directions; he has noted 

 the characteristics of climate, soil, and vegetation peculiar to the 

 various regions he has traversed ; he has obtained information from 

 hundreds of prospectors whom he has met; he has studied the results 

 arrived at by other investigators, and he has noted the facts as regards 

 the agricultural possibilities of other countries in the same latitudes 

 and with similar climatic conditions. From this accumulation of data, 

 he comes to the conclusion that agriculture in Alaska is destined to 

 play an important role in the development of the resources of the 

 Territory, and that as a matter of course it will also be an important 

 factor in the growth of population and its future history. Of the 

 thousands who visit Alaska there are comparatively few who are as 



